Make a Melody Online

There are a variety of online music creation tools as well as downloadable music creation tools.

For offline recording, you can download LMMS.

Today we're going to do a quick introduction to Soundtrap. (Didn't attend the class? Try this quick walk-through from the Soundtrap website to create a ringtone, then try the instructions below. Check out these video tutorials, too.)

We're going to start by plotting the notes for "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," a song in the public domain.

For reference assistance, you can check out this YouTube video, paying attention to the green bars and only for the first variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKCsujeeu8o

Create a Soundtrap account

Enter Studio

Add Track

Grand Piano

Let's Plot the Notes

Start plotting C notes at C4. The shaded bars in the grid correspond to the black keys, which are sharps and flats. For our purposes, we'll begin by plotting notes in the light bars only.

We are plotting from the first bar and ending at the 24th bar.

When we are done, we will have something similar to the below.

Let's Tweak the Instrument

Explore

Resources

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Easy Piano Music: https://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-easy-piano-music/

Sheet Music: http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=505

Introduction to Reading Music: https://takelessons.com/blog/reading-piano-notes

Soundtrap user's remix of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: https://www.soundtrap.com/play/1ButIb8uSoOTTeCei2daJw/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-remix-kyleigh-parker/